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Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY

25/02955/DOCPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details reserved by condition 5 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission reference 24/02882/FP granted 23.07.2025.

Received
11 November 2025
Decided
15 September 2026 · Approval of Details
Public comments
0 · last counted 18 October 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 308 days

This is a planning application at Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,691 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 308 days, 37 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 2,197 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/02955/DOC
Address
Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Postcode
SG4 7RY
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Parish
Langley Parish Meeting

Applicant & Agent

ApplicantPrivate applicant
Architect ProfileCLAGUE ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 November 2025
Date Decided
15 September 2026
Date Validated
11 November 2025
Date Submitted
11 November 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval of Details
Case Officer
Henry Thomas

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.903362, -0.274934
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    11 Nov

    Details reserved by condition 3 (Barn Owl Box) of planning permission reference 24/02882/FP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02881/DOC
  2. 2025
    11 Nov

    Details reserved by condition 5 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission reference 24/02882/FP

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/02955/DOC

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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